EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF TURBULENT FLOW INDUCED BY NEW-GENERATION WIND FENCES WITH MULTI-SCALE FRACTAL STRUCTURE

Understanding and controlling atmospheric boundary-layer flows with engineered structures, such as porous wind fences or windbreaks, has been of great interest to the fluid mechanics and wind engineering community. Previous studies found that the regular mono-scale grid fence of 50% porosity and a bottom gap of 10% of the fence height are considered to be optimal over a flat surface. Significant differences in turbulent flow structure have recently been noted behind multi-scale fractal wind fences, even with the same porosity. In this study, wind-tunnel tests on the turbulent flow and the turbulence kinetic energy transport of 1D and 2D multi-scale fractal fences under an atmospheric boundary-layer flow condition were conducted. Velocity fields around the fractal fences were systematically measured using PIV to explore the turbulent flow around the fences at the Reynolds number of approximately 3.6x10 based on the free-stream speed and the fence height. The turbulent flow structures induced by specific 1D/2D multi-scale fractal wind fences were compared to those of a 2D conventional mono-scale grid fence. In addition, each wind fences performance on wind speed reduction and sheltering effect were evaluated to determine the effectiveness of the fractal versus mono-scale grid geometries. Among the three wind fences, leeward of the fence, the 2D fractal fence is the most effective in reducing the incoming wind speed showing a maximum wind speed reduction coefficient of 0.90. Also, the 2D fractal reveals the most impressive shelter zone consisting

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